A Steel Fork on a Glass Plate.......

When we get to meet so many people from diverse backgrounds, we are bound to like lots of things and imbibe them into our own practice....it is equally likely that there are few pet peeves that keeps gnawing us......
Here i am listing some of my pet peeves that I have come across....the often repeated phrases....flogged so much to death..that we tend to forget whether it is required or not....

• A teacher in one of my tuitions...."OK, lets call it a day...." : Naanga mattum idhu raathiri nu sonnomaa?
• "What I want to say is.......at the end of the day......" : Yaen? idhu kaarthalai elaam vellaiki aagaadhaa?
• "X doesnt translate into Y per se": Appo edhuku adha patthi pesarae?
• "You have to think out of the box...": Dei daabur, munnadi neraa yosi, adhuku aparom thaavi thaavi yosikalaam
• "To tell you the truth....." : Yaen? idhu varaikkum poi pesirundheyaa?

And then you have people...telling......quote..unquote....bla bla bla.....which is accompanied by convoluted scratching in thin air.....some give an expansive scratch...while some give a very modest fig leaf type of scratch.......all this in the name of being expressive...being a really good communicator..........aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh